Poll

Business

Question: Along with everything else, the banking industry has really developed technologically. Is online banking the norm now?

Answer: Although we don’t have flying cars or other sci-fi gadgets futurists were predicting would be commonplace in the 21st century, we are on the verge of a revolution the likes of which have not been seen in the financial services industry.

What is it? Family Dollar general merchandise storeLocation: 1807 S. Dixie Blvd., Radcliff, at the corner of Dixie and Blackjack Road.Square footage: 8,000 square feetCost of structure: $350,000 material and labor; $450,000 land purchaseOpening date: Construction is scheduled to be completed in less than a month with opening date to be announced.

Narrowing focus to its core market, First Federal Savings Bank has shed some of its former branches.

First Financial Service Corp., parent company of First Federal Savings Bank of Elizabethtown,a nnounced Monday it closed on the sale of its four Indiana branches in Corydon, Elizabeth, George­town and Lanes­ville to First Savings Bank, F.S.B., a subsidiary of First Savings Financial Group Inc. The sale was final as of July 6.

Elizabethtown City Council approved a package of tax incentives Monday for expansion of Remington Arms.

The package includes a five-year property tax abatement and a Kentucky Business Investment program incentive that entails an annual refund of 1 percent of Elizabethtown occupational license fees on new jobs created for a period of 10 years.

With winter wheat harvest wrapping up in Hardin County, producers now need to turn their attention to storing the harvested crop. Unless producers take their wheat crop directly to market, the work is not finished when harvest is complete. Stored wheat needs proper care to maintain quality. Sanitation, aeration and monitoring are crucial points to remember when storing grain in summer.

The opening will be celebrated with a ribbon cutting at 10:45 a.m. today. Elizabethtown Mayor Tim Walker will be in attendance, along with state Rep. Jimmie Lee and restaurant officials led by Managing Partner Chris Sparks.

The weather for 2012 has started out to be one for the record books — early warmth, dry spells, storms and cold spells. Now it seems like we’re beginning to dry out yet again. Hardin County isn’t the only area in the county experiencing drier than normal conditions. In fact, many areas across rural America are dry, posing a severe threat to crops.

There are seats still available on Friday’s chartered motorcoach tour for horse owners in Hardin, LaRue and Meade counties. The group leaves from the Hardin County Extension Service office promptly at 8 a.m. and should return around 6 p.m. Cost for the day’s tour is $30 per person and covers the bus expense and lunch.